Paul Otellini
former president and CEO of Intel (1950–2017)
Paul Stevens Otellini (October 12, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American businessman who served as president and CEO of Intel. He was also on the board of directors of Google.
Early life and education
Otellini was born and raised in San Francisco, California, United States. His family is of Italian origin. Otellini graduated from St. Ignatius College Preparatory and held a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of San Francisco earned in 1972. He received an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley in 1974.
Employment at Intel
Otellini joined Intel in 1974, Otellini was appointed an operating group vice president in 1988, elected as an Intel corporate officer in 1991, and made senior vice president in 1993. He served as general manager of the Microprocessor Products Group, leading the introduction of the Pentium microprocessor that followed in 1993. He also managed Intel's business with IBM, served as general manager of both the Peripheral Components Operation and the Folsom Microcomputer Division, where he was responsible for the company's chipset operations, and served as a technical assistant to then-Intel president Andrew Grove.
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